One of my favorite sporting events, no events, is The Masters. Sunday on the couch watching The Masters is about as good as it gets. And as traders there are many lessons we can learn from golf. 1. In golf you play the ball where it lies. You can hit a great shot and find it in a divot and … Read More
Discovering Trading Joy: How It Impacts Your Results (and Where to Find It)
Golf offers us so many psychological lessons from which traders can learn. Are their two professions that universally accept the importance of the mental side of the game more than trading and golf? Are there any two professions where psychological coaching is in such demand? Are their Dr Steenbargers, Shulls, Kievs coaching litigators or surgeons? Before this week’s US Open … Read More
Center of the Green
Trading is about skill development and discipline. A huge advantage that intraday traders have over most is our trading skills. Most can’t grind it out and make the spread. Most traders can’t play the momentum, exit, and then flip their positions. But we are also judged on our discipline. And certain days call for restraint. And we must recognize such … Read More
Expectations
So here I’m in the car on my way back to NYC from OBX stuck on some silly traffic. Apparently there was some serious accident near Hampton,VA and that’s causing a 9 mile backup. Rip! We are leaving a day early trying to avoid the tropical storm but seems this drive back is just gonna be messy… OBX was a … Read More